Surgeons: At the Edge of Life: Full TV Schedule and Live Stream
Transforming patients' lives, at the cutting edge of medicine. Meet the world-leading surgeons pushing science - and the human body - to its limits.
Upcoming on Live TV
Upcoming Releases
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Replace and Renew
Series 8
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3. Replace and Renew
A surgeon must remove part of his patient’s tongue and reconstruct it to save her from an aggressive cancer, and surgeons perform a rare simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant.
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Your Time
Wed 20 May · 20:00
UK
Wed 20 May · 20:00
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Back from the Brink
Series 8
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4. Back from the Brink
Surgeons drain all of their patient’s blood from his body to replace damaged arteries. A patient’s fertility is at risk without a complex operation to remove diseased bowel.
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Your Time
Wed 27 May · 20:00
UK
Wed 27 May · 20:00
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Live
Episode
Replace and Renew
Series 8
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3. Replace and Renew
A surgeon must remove part of his patient’s tongue and reconstruct it to save her from an aggressive cancer, and surgeons perform a rare simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant.
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Your Time
Wed 20 May · 20:00
UK
Wed 20 May · 20:00
Live
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Upcoming Release
Episode
Back from the Brink
Series 8
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4. Back from the Brink
Surgeons drain all of their patient’s blood from his body to replace damaged arteries. A patient’s fertility is at risk without a complex operation to remove diseased bowel.
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Your Time
Wed 27 May · 20:00
UK
Wed 27 May · 20:00
Repeats
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Surgeons: At the Edge of Life
Surgeons face a difficult dilemma in the middle of a life-saving bile duct cancer operation. A chest sarcoma proves more challenging than expected, with no room for error.
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Your Time
Wed 20 May · 01:50
UK
Wed 20 May · 01:50
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Recent
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Life on the Line
Series 8: 2. Life on the Line
Surgeons face a difficult dilemma in the middle of a life-saving bile duct cancer operation. A chest sarcoma proves more challenging than expected, with no room for error.
⏱ 59 mins
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Your Time
Mon 18 May · 20:00
UK
Mon 18 May · 20:00
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Replace and Renew
Series 8
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3. Replace and Renew
A surgeon must remove part of his patient’s tongue and reconstruct it to save her from an aggressive cancer, and surgeons perform a rare simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant.
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Your Time
Thu 21 May · 22:00
UK
Thu 21 May · 22:00
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Replace and Renew
Series 8
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3. Replace and Renew
A surgeon must remove part of his patient’s tongue and reconstruct it to save her from an aggressive cancer, and surgeons perform a rare simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant.
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Your Time
Mon 25 May · 20:00
UK
Mon 25 May · 20:00
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Surgeons: At the Edge of Life
A surgeon must remove part of his patient’s tongue and reconstruct it to save her from an aggressive cancer, and surgeons perform a rare simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant.
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Your Time
Wed 27 May · 00:20
UK
Wed 27 May · 00:20
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Surgeons: At the Edge of Life
Surgeons drain all of their patient’s blood from his body to replace damaged arteries. A patient’s fertility is at risk without a complex operation to remove diseased bowel.
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Your Time
Thu 28 May · 22:00
UK
Thu 28 May · 22:00
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Channel
Repeat
Episode
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life
Surgeons face a difficult dilemma in the middle of a life-saving bile duct cancer operation. A chest sarcoma proves more challenging than expected, with no room for error.
Time
Your Time
Wed 20 May · 01:50
UK
Wed 20 May · 01:50
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Life on the Line
Surgeons face a difficult dilemma in the middle of a life-saving bile duct cancer operation. A chest sarcoma proves more challenging than expected, with no room for error.
⏱ 59 mins
Time
Your Time
Mon 18 May · 20:00
UK
Mon 18 May · 20:00
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Replace and Renew
A surgeon must remove part of his patient’s tongue and reconstruct it to save her from an aggressive cancer, and surgeons perform a rare simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant.
Time
Your Time
Thu 21 May · 22:00
UK
Thu 21 May · 22:00
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Replace and Renew
A surgeon must remove part of his patient’s tongue and reconstruct it to save her from an aggressive cancer, and surgeons perform a rare simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant.
Time
Your Time
Mon 25 May · 20:00
UK
Mon 25 May · 20:00
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life
A surgeon must remove part of his patient’s tongue and reconstruct it to save her from an aggressive cancer, and surgeons perform a rare simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant.
Time
Your Time
Wed 27 May · 00:20
UK
Wed 27 May · 00:20
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life
Surgeons drain all of their patient’s blood from his body to replace damaged arteries. A patient’s fertility is at risk without a complex operation to remove diseased bowel.
Time
Your Time
Thu 28 May · 22:00
UK
Thu 28 May · 22:00
Available for Streaming
Series 7
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6. Nothing Left to Chance
6. Nothing Left to Chance
Doctors at NHS Lothian perform high-risk surgery to save their patient’s sight, and three specialists work together to treat a complex case of advanced ovarian cancer.
Duration: 59 mins
First broadcast: 9pm 2 Apr 2025
Availability: Available for 11 months
(until 02 Apr 2027)
Series 7
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5. The Finest Margins
5. The Finest Margins
Surgeons at NHS Lothian remove a recurring brain tumour from a 25-year-old patient and attempt a rare ‘off pump’ cardiac procedure on a man with severe coronary disease.
Duration: 59 mins
First broadcast: 9pm 26 Mar 2025
Availability: Available for 11 months
(until 02 Apr 2027)
Series 7
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4. Rebuild and Renew
4. Rebuild and Renew
Surgeons attempt to save a patient’s life, and her ability to smile, by removing a tumour in her cheek and reconstructing her facial nerve.
Duration: 59 mins
First broadcast: 9pm 19 Mar 2025
Availability: Available for 11 months
(until 02 Apr 2027)
Series 7
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3. All or Nothing
3. All or Nothing
Surgeons at NHS Lothian perform high-risk surgery to repair a failing heart and take extreme measures to prevent the return of breast cancer in a young patient.
Duration: 59 mins
First broadcast: 12 Mar 2025
Availability: Available for 11 months
(until 02 Apr 2027)
Series 7
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2. In the Balance
2. In the Balance
Surgeons battle to save a patient with an aggressive tumour and a patient whose aorta – the body’s biggest artery – could rupture at any moment.
Duration: 59 mins
First broadcast: 9pm 5 Mar 2025
Availability: Available for 11 months
(until 02 Apr 2027)
Series 7
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1. A Lot to Lose
1. A Lot to Lose
Surgeons attempt a rare and high-risk transplant to transform their 21-year-old patient’s life and perform a complex kidney procedure vital for another patient’s survival.
Duration: 59 mins
First broadcast: 9pm 26 Feb 2025
Availability: Available for 11 months
(until 02 Apr 2027)
Series 6
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6. Make or Break
6. Make or Break
Three surgeons operate together on a motorcyclist at University Hospital Southampton’s major trauma centre after a crash leaves the patient with life-changing injuries.
Duration: 59 mins
First broadcast: 9pm 1 May 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 01 May 2027)
Series 6
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5. We Can Rebuild You
5. We Can Rebuild You
Surgeons at University Hospital Southampton perform high-risk spinal surgery and attempt to repair a patient’s aorta - the body’s biggest artery - that is threatening to burst.
Duration: 59 mins
First broadcast: 24 Apr 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 01 May 2027)
Series 6
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4. Hope
4. Hope
Surgeons at University Hospital Southampton face complex surgery to reconstruct a patient’s jaw and remove a cancerous oesophagus.
Duration: 59 mins
First broadcast: 9pm 17 Apr 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 01 May 2027)
Series 6
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3. The Best Laid Plans
3. The Best Laid Plans
Surgeons at University Hospital Southampton operating on two patients - removing rare tumours and correcting a patient’s bowed legs - must alter their plans to avoid catastrophe.
Duration: 59 mins
First broadcast: 10 Apr 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 01 May 2027)
Series 6
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2. All for One
2. All for One
At University Hospital Southampton, surgeons perform life-saving surgery: taking out a patient’s eye and the tumour behind it and removing an 83-year-old man’s cancerous bladder.
Duration: 59 mins
First broadcast: 9pm 3 Apr 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 01 May 2027)
Series 6
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1. A Risk Worth Taking
1. A Risk Worth Taking
Surgeons at University Hospital Southampton take on high-risk surgery to remove life-threatening tumours.
Duration: 59 mins
First broadcast: 27 Mar 2024
Availability: Available for over a year
(until 01 May 2027)
Series 5
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6. One Step at a Time
6. One Step at a Time
Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Major Trauma Centre must operate on two road accident victims who have suffered life-changing injuries so serious they could lead to an amputation.
Duration: 58 mins
First broadcast: 22 Feb 2023
Availability: Available for 9 months
(until 22 Feb 2027)
Series 5
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5. Make or Break
5. Make or Break
Addenbrooke’s surgeons perform life-changing scoliosis surgery to straighten the spine of their 17-year-old patient but face the risk of causing paralysis.
Duration: 59 mins
First broadcast: 9pm 15 Feb 2023
Availability: Available for 9 months
(until 22 Feb 2027)
Series 5
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4. Danger Zone
4. Danger Zone
Addenbrooke’s surgeons take on two high-risk operations; surgery to excise tumours near the spinal cord and a procedure to remove a dangerous mass off the body’s largest vein.
Duration: 59 mins
First broadcast: 9pm 8 Feb 2023
Availability: Available for 9 months
(until 22 Feb 2027)
Series 5
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3. Back to Life
3. Back to Life
Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s operate against the clock to remove a kidney from a husband and transplant it into his wife, who is in end-stage kidney failure.
Duration: 59 mins
First broadcast: 9pm 1 Feb 2023
Availability: Available for 9 months
(until 22 Feb 2027)
Series 5
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2. Every Moment Counts
2. Every Moment Counts
Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Hospital perform brain surgery on a patient who is awake and attempt to repair a section of the body’s biggest blood vessel that’s threatening to burst.
Duration: 59 mins
First broadcast: 9pm 25 Jan 2023
Availability: Available for 9 months
(until 22 Feb 2027)
Series 5
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1. Major Trauma - Back from the Brink
1. Major Trauma - Back from the Brink
Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Major Trauma Centre must operate on a single mum who has a severed spinal cord and a critically injured motorcyclist.
Duration: 59 mins
First broadcast: 9pm 18 Jan 2023
Availability: Available for 9 months
(until 22 Feb 2027)
Series 4
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Episode 6
Episode 6
Addenbrooke’s major trauma team and surgeons treat some of the country's most critically injured patients. Multiple teams must decide whether a man's damaged arm can be saved.
Duration: 59 mins
First broadcast: 9pm 16 Dec 2021
Availability: Available for 7 months
(until 16 Dec 2026)
Series 4
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Episode 5
Episode 5
Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Hospital perform a complex procedure to help a patient swallow again and remove a tumour that is threatening a patient’s vision.
Duration: 59 mins
First broadcast: 9pm 9 Dec 2021
Availability: Available for 7 months
(until 16 Dec 2026)
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life FAQs
When is Surgeons: At the Edge of Life next on?
The next broadcast of Surgeons: At the Edge of Life airs at Wed 20 May · 20:00(UK: Wed 20 May · 20:00) on BBC Two.
Which channel is Surgeons: At the Edge of Life next on?
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life returns on BBC Two next. Check the listings above for every upcoming airing.
When will Surgeons: At the Edge of Life be available on iPlayer?
Episodes land on BBC iPlayer just after the show finishes airing. Use the streaming section above to jump in as soon as it drops.